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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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